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the weight per hundred. From 1900 to 1903, the 

 average increase in all Canada for spring wheat was 18 

 per cent in the number of grains per hundred heads, 

 and 28 per cent in the weight. For oats the in- 

 crease was 19 per cent in the number of grains, and 

 28 per cent in their weight. . . . 



"The main competition was based on the yields 

 from those hand-selected seed plots. The competi- 

 tors had to select annually out of these, from the most 

 vigorous plants bearing the largest heads, 35 pounds 

 of oat heads or 50 pounds of wheat heads. In this 

 competition we paid 174 prizes, amounting to $5,425; 

 so that altogether we paid $10,842 in prizes. The 

 sum which Sir William C. Macdonald put into the 

 bank, with the interest, brought me out square, plus 

 a great deal of valuable information, plus much 

 happiness in administering the work." — Robertson, J. 

 W. : Education for Rural Life in Canada. 



NOTE 5. PAGE 71 



In 1908 The Ontario Agricultural and Experi- 

 mental Union instituted a Schools' Division with the 

 general aim of adapting the work of the Union "to 

 suit the capacities of school children and to organize 

 it in such a way that teachers would be encouraged to 

 direct the children in it and to use the many experi- 

 ences arising in the practical work as a means of 

 education in the school." This new plan aimed to 

 bring the work directly to the schools and make it dis- 

 tinctly for the schools. 



The work was divided into The Children's Garden- 

 ing Section and The Schools' Experiment Section. 

 One sent packets of seed to the children for their 



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